Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video969 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Evidence results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 593 hits. Analysis detected 1,653 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,876 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 36% (10,672 of 16,558 topics). This Legal Evidence is better (less manipulative) than 64.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,876
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510035.5% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.3%15.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.2%2.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos